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Chad Pergram covers Congress for FOX News. He's won an Edward R. Murrow Award and the Joan Barone Award for his reporting on Capitol Hill.

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Joined September 2008

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  1. Mtg now starting on gov’t shutdown w/Pence, Mulvaney, Nielsen, Kushner & top Congressional leadership aides

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  2. Trump tweet on shutdown: I don’t care that most of the workers not getting paid are Democrats, I want to stop the Shutdown as soon as we are in agreement on Strong Border Security! I am in the White House ready to go, where are the Dems?

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  3. Congressional ldrshp aides to meet with Pence, Mulvaney, Nielsen & Kushner in effort to end partial government shutdown

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  5. Hse Armed Svcs Cmte Chair Smith on moving military $ to fund wall: It has a direct impact on readiness because readiness is always the last place they go for $. Readiness is fixing equipment..enough ammo for training, enough fuel for training, that’s where you get less training

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  6. Hse Armed Svcs Cmte Chair Adam Smith on reprogramming military money for the wall: I think that would be a terrible idea..I think it harm readiness and harm our military.

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  7. Harry Truman once said “if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” A dog in the Capitol Rotunda by the statue of Alexander Hamilton on a Friday night.

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  8. McCarthy criticized Dems for not keeping Hse in session this wknd to solve shutdown. But GOP, when in control of Hse, cut everyone loose before Christmas. Ryan last seen at Capitol Dec 22. GOP controlled Senate met briefly today. Returns Tuesday afternoon

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  9. Hse GOP passed bill in Dec w/only GOPers to fund gov't w/wall money. Bill was dead in water. Hse Dems, now in control passed bills w/bipartisan support to fund gov't w/o wall money. But GOP now criticizing Dems for the same tactic they took before Christmas

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  10. Fox is told after Trump burned McConnell w/interim Dec spending bill, McConnell is partly backing away from talks. Putting issue mostly in hands of Hse/Senate Dems & Trump. Reiterates bill must be able to get Trump's signature to re-open gov't

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  11. At WH today, McCarthy/Scalise stood by Trump in Rose Garden. McConnell came back to Capitol. Thune was never seen. McConnell feels burned by Trump after he put interim spending bill on flr Dec 19, passed it & then Trump threatened veto. Was told Trump would sign it.

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  12. Of the 12 spending bills, Milcon/VA & Defense are among the 5 signed into law. Admin can "reporgram" or "transfer" funds w/Congressional approval. Otherwise, most money already appropriated is set in stone.

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  13. Hse Armed Svces Cmte Chair Smith worried that Trump's plan to take $ from military for wall will harm military readiness. Pts out military just got big spending hike in March. Asks why Trump wants to take that away. Worries about military accidents

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  14. Hse Homeland Security Cmte Chairman Bennie Thompson writes to DHS Sec Nielsen requesting her to testify: "Your border security presentation..is yet another example of the misinformation & outright lies the..Administration has used to make the case for the..boondoggle border wall"

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  15. The biggest pitfall for a freshman Member of Congress? Becoming an incumbent.

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  16. Hse Armed Svcs Cmte chair Adam Smith: Trump values the construction of his wall over military readiness and support for our troops and their families. Diverting money from these military construction accounts could have substantial impacts for servicemembers

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  17. Pelosi on WH mtg: How do you define progress in a meeting? When you have a better understanding of each other's position? When you eliminate some possibilities? If that's a judgment, we made some progress.

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  18. Schumer on what he said to Trump: I pointed out to him..I got in my office this morning. A fire dispatcher from upstate New York, his wife is pregnant, signed a mortgage, can't get the F.A.A., the F.H.A. to approve it now because the government is closed.

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  19. Pelosi after WH mtg: We agree that we will continue our conversations but we all recognize, on the Democratic side, that we really can’t resolve this until we open up government and we made that very clear to the President.

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  20. Fox confirms that the Vice President’s office has invited Congressional leadership staff to meet with the Vice President at 11 am Saturday at the White House to discuss ending the government shutdown

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